locomotion

C2 大学

n. 运动, 移动, 旅行 [医] 行动, 运动

发音

UK /ləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃən/
其它
CA /ˌloʊ.kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/
US /ˌloʊ.kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/
AU /ləʉ.kəˈməʉ.ʃən/

词形变化

locomotions 复数 locomotions

教材释义与例句

名词

运动；移动；旅行

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.

    不可数 生物
  3. 3.

    A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

travel motive power motivity

上位词 4

move movement motion mobility

下位词 10

run walk running step walking circle stroke lap crawl creep

词源

From French locomotion, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + mōtiōnem (“motion, a moving”) (nominative mōtio), from Latin movēre (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move, drive”).

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